I'm Basking in My Collegian-ness...

[ladymirth]

But before that, ladies and gentlepeople, let us all give a hearty round of applause to this year's Lois and Clark Fanfic Kerth Nominees! <applause>  Wish you all the very best of luck for the final voting! 

This is why I love the LnC fandom so much. The annual Kerth excitement, when everybody's gearing up for the Kerth quizzes and marathon reading for the nominations and then voting and rooting for their favourite stories with as much fervour as though it were a Presidential election. All for that golden stattuette and blue ribbon. You never get that in the HP fandom; it's far too vast. In LnC, it's like life in a small town; everybody knows everybody else! I love it! 

And now on with your scheduled programme...

Facebook is interesting after all. I've joined a group called "F.I.N.A.L.S (Fuck, I Never Actually Learned this Shit), just so it'd appear in my profile page for people to giggle at.  I also came across this group You Know You're In College When... from whose profile page I snagged the following (bloody hilarious and very true) list.

You Know You're In College When...

1. High school started before 8am, but now anything before noon is considered “early."

2. You have more beer than food in your fridge.

3. Weekends start on Thursday.

4. 6am is when you go to sleep, not when you wake up.

5. You know many different ways to cook ramen noodles or macaroni and cheese.

6. The health center gives out free condoms, and people take them… just in case.

7. Instead of falling asleep in class, you stay in bed.

8. You know how late McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Qdoba, etc. are open.

9. You think it’s the weekend on a Wednesday and you don’t know what month it is.

10. You can't remember the last time you washed your car.

11. Your underwear/sock supply dictates your laundry schedule.

12. You check Facebook/Myspace more than once a day.

13. You get drunk dialed on any night of the week.

14. You wash dishes in the bathroom sink.

15. You’ve fallen off a loft bed.

16. You talk about beer pong like it’s a sport.

17. Finding random people in your house is perfectly normal, and you even sympathize with them... sometimes when you wake up you have no idea where you are.

18. Your primary news sources are the Daily Show and the Colbert Report.

19. You open a beer at 10 am and your roommate asks you if there’s more.

20. The standard of meals per day falls to two, sometimes just one.

21. Your trash is overflowing and your bank account isn’t.

22. You go to Target or WalMart more than 3 times a week.

23. You wear the same jeans for 13 days without washing them.

24. Your breakfast consists of a coke or cereal bar on the way to class... anything with caffeine will do.

25. Quarters are like gold.

26. Your idea of feeding the poor is buying yourself some ramen noodles.

27. You live in a house with three couches, none of which match.

28. You try to study but seem to procrastinate by eating, going to study breaks, talking to people, etc...

29. You talk to your roommate on instant messenger when you’re both home.

30. You ask people what YOU did last night.

31. Certain things are now deemed "facebook worthy." When friends take pictures of you, you wonder how long it will take them to post them.

32. You’ve seen a hit and run involving a bicyclist/pedestrian.

33. You see people you know you’ve met but can never remember their names or how you know them.

34. You sleep more in class than in your room

35. Your idea of a square meal is a box of Pop-Tarts.

36. You've traveled with bags of dirty clothes.

37. You go home to do your laundry because you're too poor to pay the $2... or too lazy to go to a change machine.

38. You pay $100 for a book you don't read once, return it four months later, and get $7.

39. More than 20% of your household furnishings are made from milk crates.

40. You recognize the meat in the dorm soup as yesterday's meatloaf, and thus decide to eat a nice bowl of cereal - a safe bet for any meal.

41. You use words like "thus" (see #40).

42. You throw out bowls and plates because you don't feel like washing them.

43. Your beer pong table is nicer than all your other tables.

44. It takes preparation... and 3 people... to take out your garbage.

45. Going to the library is a social event.

46. You wear flip flops in the shower your freshman year... you know why.

47. You start joining clubs because of the free food.

48. Visits home depend on how much money you have for gas.

49. You skip one class to write a paper for another.

50. You have no idea where your tuition money is going... technology fees? I think not.

51. Bicycles don't seem as lame as they did in high school.

52. You stay up late to finish homework then sleep through the class in which it was due.

53. Girls: You've balanced your foot on a shampoo bottle to shave.

54. Your backpack is giving you scoliosis.

55. You've written a check for 45 cents or stopped to get $2.00 of gas.

56. Your bill in the bookstore will be comparable to tuition.

57. Going to the mailbox becomes an ego booster/breaker.

58. Most of your T.A.s are foreign...what's the deal?

59. You never realized so many people are smarter than you.

60. You never realized so many people are dumber than you.

61. Western Europe could be wiped out by a terrible plague and you'd never know, but you can recite the last episode of your favorite show verbatim.

62. Care packages rank right up there with birthdays.

63. You craft ways to make any game into a drinking/stripping game.

64. You meet the type of people you thought only existed in movies.

65. Printers break down only when you desperately need them.

66. Anything can be cooked in a microwave.

67. Two words: bike cops.

68. You have Safe Ride programmed into your phone.

69. Old school Nintendo... and guitar hero... are pretty much the best things ever.

70. Going to the grocery at midnight is completely normal.

71. You call restaurants that deliver more than you call your own family.

72. You've paid bills over $5... in coins.

73. You can't imagine life without your computer/cell phone/ ipod.

74. Hoodies and sweatpants become the norm - jeans are considered "dressy" at certain occasions... like school.

75. A canceled class is almost as exciting as Christmas.

76. Taking a nap in the library is perfectly acceptable.

77. Your professors speak English... as a second language.

78. Your teachers swear in class and no one cares.

79. Candles in your dorm room are considered contraband, but cigarettes are ok.

80. You take condiment packets and napkins from fast food restaurants - hey, they're free.

81. Betta fish are like your family.

82. You bring back socks from the laundry room that may or may not be yours.

83. You know what people carrying suspiciously heavy backpacks after dark are doing...

84. The elevators take forever but you'll wait 10 minutes just so you don't have to climb stairs.

85. Your roommate asks you to check the weather on your computer when they're standing 5 feet away from the door.

86. Showers become more of an issue.

87. You press the automatic door opener instead of simply grabbing the handle when you approach a door.

88. Christmas lights seem to be acceptable all year round.

89. Class size doubles on exam days.

90. You donate plasma even though you know it's pretty sketchy.

91. You are no longer thankful that fire alarms are here to protect you.

92. You've bought Christmas presents from the book store and charged it to your student account so your parents pay for the gifts because you're too broke.

93. You begin to include ketchup on your list of acceptable vegetables.

94. You stay on campus for hours in between classes when it's too cold to walk home.

95. People have to help you kick the vending machine just so you can get your 50 cent bag of chips.

96. There's always a "question kid" in at least one of your classes, and you really wish someone would just tell him/her to shut the hell up.

97. You steal dishes from the cafeteria so you don't have to wash your own.

98. Laundry is an all-day event.

99. You no longer find it uncool to take naps. In fact, you quite enjoy them.

100. It's illegal to drink in the dorms yet they sell an assortment of shot glasses, beer mugs, tankards, etc. in the bookstore.

101. You find your list of acceptable napping places expanding daily to increasingly uncomfortable locations.

102. You fill out credit card applications for the free food.

103. You finish reading this and wonder how you can procrastinate next.


Let's see...I got 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 12, 20, 22, 23, 24, 28, 45, 49, 50, 52, 54, 60, 61, 64, 65, 73, 75, 78, 84, 89, 96, 99, and of course 103. 24 out of 103. Not bad, considering I'm not living on campus, I'm a born nerd who has never been the partying type and I'm not allowed to touch alcohol. Ever. 

And that question-kid of #96 is probably me. =D I'm a walking interrogation point in class. If I were in primary school I'd be covered in spitballs. 

Having been shut up in a very strict and uniform all-girls' school all my life, I find that campus is a constant fashion contest to which I've succumbed. I blow-dry, curl and mousse my hair every morning I have class. I've become addicted to eyeliner and mascara; I can't go to the supermarket without dabbing on some. I'd never be seen out in public without earrings at least one inch long. I have a collection of flared skirts none of which I wear more for more than two consecutive classes a month. After I've run though my skirts, I keep wearing my best jeans with all my remaining tops, because they look trendy and are therefore indisposable. 

And my to-be-handwashed pile constitutes a full day activity. 

Sometimes I disgust myself. How the hell did I become this appearance-concious? Who exactly is it, am I dressing up for? The guys, who are mostly losers anyway? The bimbonic girls, who live to make out with said guys? The only people worth knowing are those sensible people who wear clean tshirts and jeans and who couldn't give a frig what anybody is wearing or who's going out with whom. Beside whom I probably look like one of the aforesaid man-chasing, made-up fashion plates.

I believe it's time to sort out my priorities. It's one thing to be tired of looking dowdy; it's a whole other to be unable to leave the house without make-up. 

I do love those flared skirts though! <sigh> 

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

i got 41 out of the 103??? how does that figure? i live at home and i don't even DO my own laundry... jeez.. but i laughed myself sick over this... hehe. good one.. and i need to join the F.I.N.A.L.S group too.. hehe.. im thinkin of skippin an exam on mon cos i have no idea wut the hell im supposed to be doing :)

ahh i see that you are baskin in the ambiance that is michael buble.. welcome to the fold my friend.. now go out and get his cd. it's worth payin wutever you pay for it. :)

[annabtg.livejournal.com]

Hehe, this list amused me. :D

And I'd say that what matters is to be comfortable with yourself.

See ya,
Anna. :)

[ladymirth.livejournal.com]

You're absolutely right, Anna! =)

So, how many did you get?

[annabtg.livejournal.com]

Well, I didn't count - most of these don't apply to me, since I still live with my parents and I'm not too much of a party animal, but since you ask:

1, 3, 12, 20, 28, 41, 45, 59, 61, 72, 73, 75, 78, 89, 96, 103. Also, sort of 4 (I do it now but we're on a break from school) and 94 (I stay at campus because my place is one hour away). 18/103. Is it too bad a percentage? :p

See ya,
Anna.

[ladymirth.livejournal.com]

18 out of 103 means that you have the calamitous misfortune to have way too much good sense, good health and good priorities than the average university student should be allowed to have. You will one day suffer from a dearth of beer pong stories to tell your grandchildren.

But I'm right behind you, so we could start a club. You get a button. =)

Anyway, that is far better than the sorry childling who got 41. Tsk, tsk!

[annabtg.livejournal.com]

Yay, a club! *wears button*

See ya,
Anna.

[mrsmosley.livejournal.com]

Hasini, this made me laugh so hard. I'm six years out of college but I remember most of these things so well!

[ladymirth.livejournal.com]

Ha! Memories! =D How many really stood out for you?

But what on earth is a beer pong table? What is beer pong, anyway, do you know?

You actually wake up in random places without knowing how you got there?! That one seems far out!

[mrsmosley.livejournal.com]

Ok, so not the waking-up-in-random-places one. Also I have no idea what beer pong is. :)

Here are the numbers that I have memories of: 1,3,5,7,8,10,11,20,21,22,24,25,26,27,28,33,35,36,38,41,44,45,48,49,50,51,52,55,59,60,61,65,66,70-78,84,88,89,91,94,95,96,98,99,100,101,102. Wow, that's more than I thought there would be!